Working with the government and other policy stakeholders to implement Canada-jurisdiction early learning and child care agreements.
For over a decade, the Child Care Fee Survey – led by David Macdonald at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and Martha Friendly from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) – has monitored child care fees in major cities across Canada. Fees are falling, but progress is uneven The recently released results…
A research article, published in the Canadian Publications of Crown College of Canada, affirms the “substantive” achievements of the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program. Through review of available data and existing policy in Canada and two comparison countries – Australia and Germany – the authors make compelling recommendations for ELCC in Canada….
Child Care Now is asking the House of Commons Finance Committee (FINA) to recommend a larger investment in the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program as part of the federal government’s plan to make Canada strong, and to provide sufficient funding to implement the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Frameworks. Child Care Now’s…
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Canada’s national child care advocacy organization says the budget tabled by Finance Minister Champagne could stall and push back Canada’s new national early learning and child care program at a time when Canada’s economy and family affordability rely on the program’s ongoing expansion. “The federal government’s decision to hold child care transfer…
Child Care Now along with 120 other organizations have released a statement congratulating Prime Minister Carney and his government for the decision to include in the 2025 federal budget proposal a $660 million investment in initiatives to advance gender equality. “It’s very good news that Canada’s feminist organizations will now have the opportunity to apply…
Led by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), the Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) recommends investment and spending across several social programs, funded by an increase in income tax for the highest-income earners (earning over $1 million annually). More public spending to expand and strengthen the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program is…
A performance audit released by the Auditor General of Canada on October 21, 2025 has concluded that Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) fulfilled its responsibilities in relation to the first three years of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program but says “the department did not sufficiently assess whether federal funding met objectives…
Findings from a survey released earlier this month show that there is overwhelming public support for government investments in affordable, high quality, affordable child care. The survey was conducted by the Environics Institute in partnership with YMCA Canada and YWCA Canada. Conducted in early 2025, the survey finds that 83% of Canadians agree with the…
Bill C-35, an Act respecting early learning and child care in Canada, as amended by the Senate of Canada, was adopted unanimously on February 29, 2024 by the House of Commons. This landmark legislation affirms in law the Government of Canada’s commitment to build a primarily not-for-profit and public system of early learning and child care that provides accessible, inclusive and low-fee child care services for all in Canada. The passage of the legislation is a significant victory for child care advocates who have been calling for a federal child care law as recommended more than 50 years ago by the Royal Commission on the Status of Women.
The British Columbia 2024 budget, unveiled on February 22 2024, does not increase provincial investment to expand $10aDay child care, says the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC. Instead the province is relying on an increase of $250 million in federal child care transfers to sustain progress to date and support only minor growth….
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